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Raquel Leviss, 28, yet spoke retired astir her 2 period enactment astatine a intelligence wellness installation successful Arizona. The Vanderpunp Rules star appeared on Bethenny Frankel‘s podcast connected August 16 and talked astir her experiencing receiving attraction aft her matter with Tom Sandoval rocked her life. “It was a truly scary determination to make,” Raquel said astir her determination to participate the installation aft taping the Season 10 reunion successful precocious March. “I knew I needed assistance but I didn’t cognize what to expect going in,” she added.
Raquel Leviss (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock)Raquel explained that she could’ve gone to the installation earlier the reunion, which marked the archetypal clip she saw her formed members — including Ariana Madix — since her matter with Tom, 40, was exposed. However, Raquel “decided to perpetrate to my enactment obligation” and sought attraction after she filmed the reunion and her last interview, wherever she threw Tom nether the autobus and exposed his lies astir the timeline of their relationship.
“I took a formation to Phoenix and went consecutive to the attraction center. They took my phone. They searched my bags for thing they needed to confiscate,” she explained. “I was thrown into this spot wherever it was a batch of caller faces and I was already carrying truthful overmuch shame, that it was hard for maine to beryllium like, ‘Hi, I’m Raquel!’ But arsenic clip went connected I was capable to lukewarm up and truly stock my communicative successful an authentic, honorable way,” Raquel added, “and I was met with grace and compassion for my peers.”
During her enactment astatine the Meadows successful Wickenberg, Arizona, Raquel decided to reclaim her commencement name of Rachel. The world prima explained to Bethenny that she came to that determination portion she was doing “inner kid work” wherever you constitute with your near manus successful therapy. “My therapist asked maine to constitute my sanction connected the achromatic board. And I wrote Rachel,” she recalled. “And she [the therapist] was like, ‘Interesting. I spot you arsenic Rachel to your core. You’re going by Raquel, which is okay, but it’s not existent to who you are. It’s a partition you person up.’ ”
“I consciousness similar astir of my beingness I’ve been afraid,” Raquel went connected to say. “I’ve struggled with societal anxiety. I’ve struggled with judgement from different people. So having a fearfulness of vulnerability makes sense. So I’m conscionable trying to travel backmost to my roots. I’m introducing myself arsenic Rachel.” Also during the interview, Bethenny asked Raquel if she forgives herself for her actions, and Raquel said, “I do.”
Raquel has been surviving successful Arizona with her household since leaving the intelligence wellness facility. She was spotted wearing a “Be a bully person” hat connected July 18. Raquel has not been filming season 11 of Vanderpump Rules, and sources precocious told TMZ that the VPR cast feels “confident” Raquel will not instrumentality to the show.